In Gebenstorf, a small town to the east of Windisch (Vindonissa), a few remains of Roman buildings were unearthed in 2019-2020. In the interior of the Reformed Church a funerary inscription is preserved. It was seen already in 1602. It belongs to the last decades of the first century.
M(arcus) MAGIVS M(arci) Pob(lilia) MAC
CAUS VERONA MIL(es) LEG(ionis) XI C(laudiae) P(iae) F(idelis)
(centuria) MARCI MODESTI ANN(orum) XXXIII
EX TESTAMENTO H(eredes) F(aciendum) C(uraverunt)
L(ucius) ENNIVS SECVNDVS
Q(uintus) ROMANIVS VERECVNDVS
H(ic) S(itus) E(st)Marcus Magius Maccaus, (son of) Marcus, (of the tribe) Poblilia,
Maccaus, from Verona, soldier of the 11th legion Claudia Pia Fidelis,
of the century of Marcus Modestus, 33 years old.
According to the will the heirs took care of the work,
Lucius Ennius Secundus,
Quintus Romanius Verecundus.
He is buried here.The funerary inscription of Marcus Magius Maccaus. Kolb et al. 2022, nr. 499. Photo: EDCS-10800616.
Literature
Hartmann-Weber 1985, 170; Drack-Fellmann 1991, 121-122; Koch 2021.
[1-Sep-2023]
